2023 Writivism Prizes

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Writivism Prizes.

[2023 Writivism Prizes @Writivism]

The winners of our 2023 prizes have been announced.

[Afua Awo Twumwa @awotwumwa]

By whose permission did @vauhinivara feed Caine Prize submissions into AI to figure out if it is AI? Did the writer give their permission? Did the Prize? I hope actual action with consequence is taken.

[The Caine Prize for African Writing @CainePrize]

A Statement from the Caine Prize for African Writing

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Three Poems | Mubanga Kalimamukwento https://t.co/M1PgrwUm5U

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

“What Price Do Women Pay When They Rebel?”: An Interview with Mubanga Kalimamukwento https://t.co/n6C2cTqz5t

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Young Writers Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission: An Interview with NoViolet Bulawayo https://t.co/h329SvP3As

[The Shallow Tales Review @ShallowTales]

Congratulations to @S_S_Kundizeza! Grateful to the @CainePrize for finding “The Blue Fighter” worthy of this prestigious prize. To African writing.

[Chiwenite Onyekwelu @Chiwenite_O]

I have emerged second-place winner of the 2026 Variant Lit Poetry Prize.

I'm grateful to the wonderful judge, Todd Dillard, to the amazing Megan Nichols and all the editors at Variant Lit. 🙌🏾

Congratulations to the winners & to everyone on the shortlist. 💎

[IIFF(International Images Film Festival) @WFOZICAPA]

ICAPA Trust is calling for scripts from African filmmakers working and predominantly living on the 🌍 continent. If you have a script in development then here's your chance to be at the 4th Equal Voices Workshop.
#EVW #scriptwriting #AfricanWomeninCinema

[Chinụalụmọgụ Ezenwa-Ọhaeto @ChinuaEzenwa]

I am happy 🥳🥳🥳 and elated to share that my debut collection, The Naming, is a finalist for the 2026 Balcones Prize in Poetry.

Congratulations to the winner CD Elskilson for the book, SCREAM QUEEN. Congratulations to other finalists which include Taylor Byas, Brian Gyamfi, DM Aberibigdi, IS Jones, Isabella DeSendi.

I am grateful.

The Naming can be purchased here: https://t.co/w6hatZnBxc

[The Kalahari Review @KalahariReview]

I Have Not Written In Days And The World Has Really Gone By
Poems about the aches of living through grief and the pangs of death — by Precious Iyoriobhe
https://t.co/QjAIMXiZGv

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

https://t.co/XJ1bebY2LI

[Chiwenite Onyekwelu @Chiwenite_O]

My Ladi Kwali Poetry Prize-winning work is now published.

This is one of those poems you never want to write. I'm glad that it found home in the beautiful Northern Writers Forum @NWForum_ 💎

You can read other amazing works in the Issue:

[Black Boy Review @blackboyreview]

Our inaugural issue is out today. Guest edited by @FrancesOgamba. Spotlighting poetry by National Youth Poet Laureate @DUmemezie & fiction by Munachim Amah, @BuraBariNwilo, @isholaabdulwasi @BookBossNG @rxbodu @AjayiAdedoyin14
https://t.co/65Evo1JJUw

[FEMRITE @femritewriters]

NO TIME TO MOURN
A powerful FEMRITE anthology bringing together real stories of South Sudanese women’s stories of war, displacement, resilience and hope.
📚 Get your copy today.
#NoTimeToMourn #FEMRITE #AfricanLiterature

[Damilola Omotoyinbo ||flower geh @_Damilola_O]

My craft piece was featured in the August newsletter of Okay Donkey Magazine where I’m a fiction reader. It’s a piece I wish I’d read when I was starting out. Please retweet so more writers will see it. Thank you. 🫶

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

An update on the 2027 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

To Have a Ghost Baby | N. Jane Kalu https://t.co/7j94Yg4CBt

[Damilola Omotoyinbo ||flower geh @_Damilola_O]

Writers!
If you don’t know how to find places to submit your work to. I made a list of website that share open calls regularly. Please, retweet so other writers can see this.

1. Reedsy
2. ⁠Writing Contests, Grants & Awards
3. ⁠Eshoe on Substack
4. Subfolio

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Submissions are open for our next quarterly!

For this issue, we want red-themed submissions. Roses, ladybugs, love, blood, sacrifice, Taylor Swift’s similarly-titled album…we want all things red.

Send us your stories, essays, poetry, more.

Read here:
https://t.co/Rp7nNx10pt